Start up and program four FANUC robots with EOAT and 3D vision on a material-handling project: calibrate vision, teach picks, stand up DCS safety, and get all four cells running.

Four Robots, First Light: A FANUC 3D-Vision Startup in Livonia, MI

Q: What FANUC experience is required?

FANUC mandatory: 3DL Vision, iRVision, Dual Check Safety (DCS), R-30iB, plus EOAT and real FANUC 3D-vision knowledge. This is startup and programming, not just editing an existing program.

Q: When does it run, and how long?

July 20 through August 28, 2026 — about six weeks; days shift, 10-hour days, six days a week, one person.

Q: What does it pay, and are expenses covered?

$40.00/hr straight, OT and DT. Expenses are not reimbursed, so it suits a programmer already in or near metro Detroit.

Quick answer: A material-handling project in Livonia, Michigan needs a FANUC robot programmer to start up and program four FANUC robots with end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) and 3D vision. FANUC is mandatory, and the required skills are specific: 3DL Vision, iRVision, Dual Check Safety (DCS), and the R-30iB controller, with real knowledge of DCS and FANUC 3D vision. It starts July 20, 2026 and runs to August 28, 2026 — about six weeks; days, 10-hour days, six days a week, one person. It pays $40.00 an hour (straight, overtime, and double time), and expenses are not reimbursed, so it suits a programmer in or near metro Detroit. You can view and apply on the contract page free, or, if you're hiring, post your own work free or search the marketplace and request a professional directly.

What "startup" really means

There's a specific moment on any automation project that separates the people who build lines from the people who tend them. It's startup — the first time robots that have only ever existed on paper and in fixtures actually move, see, and pick under their own logic. This contract is that moment, four times over. Four FANUC robots, each with end-of-arm tooling, each learning to find parts with 3D vision, all brought up from zero and programmed to do real material-handling work. Nobody hands you a running cell to babysit. You make it run.

That's a different skill than editing an existing program. Startup is where the vision has to be calibrated, the picks have to be taught against what the camera actually sees, the tooling behavior and recovery logic have to be built, and four robots have to be made to cooperate without running into each other or the product. It's the deep, hands-on end of robot programming — and it's why this is a six-week job, not a six-day one.

The three skills that make this specific

The posting names its requirements tightly, and each one matters:

iRVision and 3DL Vision — FANUC's built-in vision. 3D vision means the robot isn't just finding a part on a flat plane; it's locating parts in three dimensions and adjusting its pick to match. Calibrating that so it's reliable, shift after shift, is its own craft.
Dual Check Safety (DCS) — FANUC's software-based safety system that keeps robots inside defined speed and position zones. With four robots and people around them, DCS is what makes the cell safe, and setting it up correctly is non-negotiable.
R-30iB — the controller generation this all runs on. Fluency here is the baseline for everything above.

Here's the gap this contract lives in: plenty of programmers can run a FANUC robot. Fewer can start one up. Fewer still can start up four at once with 3D vision and stand up DCS correctly. That short list is exactly who this posting is looking for.

The contract

Role: Robot Programmer — 1 needed
Location: Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County, metro Detroit)
Application: Material handling — 4 FANUC robots with EOAT and 3D vision
Must know: FANUC (mandatory) · 3DL Vision · iRVision · Dual Check Safety (DCS) · R-30iB · EOAT
Start: July 20, 2026 · End: August 28, 2026 (~6 weeks)
Schedule: Days · 10-hour days · 6 days/week
Rate: $40.00/hr straight, OT and DT · expenses not reimbursed (local contract)

Read it plainly, because Automate America doesn't dress a contract up. This one is a local, hands-on, six-week startup: steady work — roughly sixty hours a week of it — at $40.00 an hour, with expenses not reimbursed, which is why it fits a programmer already in the Detroit area. What it offers instead of travel pay is the work itself: full ownership of bringing four vision-guided robots to life, the kind of startup experience that makes the next contract easier to win.

Livonia, and why the work is here

Livonia sits right in the middle of metro Detroit — Wayne County, minutes from the densest concentration of automation and material-handling work in North America. This is the home field for FANUC integration: the robots, the vision, the tooling, and the people who commission them all live here. A four-robot, 3D-vision startup in Livonia is the region doing exactly what it has done for a century — building and standing up the machines that move and make things. For a local FANUC programmer, this is a contract in your own backyard.

Why this fills on Automate America

Automate America is a global marketplace of thousands of skilled professionals across hundreds of occupations, in every industry — industrial, commercial and residential — worldwide. Not a staffing desk. A marketplace, where the company and the professional can see each other directly. It works two ways, both free: a company can post a contract, a job, or an RFQ and let qualified professionals come to it, or search the marketplace and request the exact professional it needs. Professionals can browse open hourly contracts, apply in a couple of clicks, and follow the companies whose work they want to see first. Everyone carries their own record — trusted professionals with completed contracts and customer reviews.

A startup with a specific stack — iRVision, 3D vision, DCS, R-30iB — and a July 20 start is precisely what a general job board handles worst: it can't tell a FANUC startup programmer from someone who once watched a robot run. A marketplace can, because the professionals carry their own record. Post it and qualified applicants show up within minutes, or search and request one directly. Need a hand either way? You're one message from info@automateamerica.com. Robot programmers here work alongside the rest of the bench — controls engineers, automation engineers and maintenance technicians — the crew that stands up material-handling automation.

If you've brought robots to life before

Six weeks from the July 20 start, four FANUC robots in Livonia will be seeing parts in three dimensions, picking them with EOAT, and moving product inside safe DCS zones — a working material-handling line where there used to be four still machines and a plan. That transformation is the job, and it doesn't happen without one programmer who knows iRVision, DCS and R-30iB well enough to start it all up clean.

If that's you, and you're in the Detroit area, the contract is right here — and it starts July 20.

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Frequently asked questions

What FANUC experience is required?
FANUC is mandatory: 3DL Vision, iRVision, Dual Check Safety (DCS), and the R-30iB controller, plus end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) and real FANUC 3D-vision knowledge. This is startup and programming, not just editing an existing program.

What is the work?
Start up and program four FANUC robots with EOAT and 3D vision on a material-handling project — calibrating vision, teaching picks, standing up DCS safety, and getting all four cells running.

When does it run, and how long?
July 20 through August 28, 2026 — about six weeks. Days shift, 10-hour days, six days a week, one person.

What does it pay, and are expenses covered?
$40.00/hr straight, overtime and double time. Expenses are not reimbursed, so the contract suits a programmer already in or near metro Detroit.

Where is it, and how do I apply?
Livonia, Michigan (metro Detroit). View and apply free on the contract page at Automate America; you can also be requested directly by companies searching the marketplace for FANUC 3D-vision startup programmers.